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Ranger Body Armor
Ranger Body Armor (RBA) is a US military-issue ballistic vest that was designed for, and used chiefly by, US Army 75th Ranger Regiment operators ("Rangers") in the 1990s and 2000s. The RBA system has since been replaced by other specialized body armor systems adopted by the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).
Ranger Body Armor was designed by the US Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center (NRDEC) in Natick, Massachusetts to meet the operational needs of the 75th Ranger Regiment. RBA was first manufactured by Protective Materials, Inc., then HS Manufacturing, and later by Ceradyne.
RBA consists of two main components: a flexible soft armor vest, plus 1-to-2 rigid ceramic plates, both of which provide ballistic protection to the upper torso.
The base vest is a nylon Woodland camouflage-printed carrier that encases flexible soft armor panels, which consist of an aramid (Kevlar KM2) filler. A size medium RBA without plates weighs approximately 8 pounds (3.6 kg). The base vest (soft armor) provides ballistic protection to Threat Level IIIA, according to the NIJ's ballistic resistance standards (formerly 'ballistic resistance of police body armor' standards), which provides protection from 9 mm and 44 Magnum threats.
The base RBA vest provides fragmentation protection almost 25% greater than that of the Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT) vest.
To be completed, an RBA vest will accept one-to-two ceramic plates (depending on model), each weighing 8 pounds (3.6 kg), which make up its rifle protection capability. The ceramic plates are made up of repeating 2 in × 2 in (51 mm × 51 mm) aluminum oxide ceramic tiles.
A size medium RBA vest loaded with one ceramic plate weighs 16 pounds (7.3 kg). A size medium RBA vest fully loaded with both ceramic plates weighs 24 pounds (11 kg).[citation needed] When plates are inserted into the pockets of the vest, it protects an area of about 10 in × 12 in (250 mm × 300 mm) from 5.56×45mm NATO and 7.62×51mm NATO rounds.
In November 1994, the RBA was set to type classification (TC) limited procurement-urgent (LPU). The RBA vest was available for purchase through the General Services Administration (GSA) contract GS-07F-6041A, from Protective Materials, Inc. The flexible soft armor vest was available in three sizes: medium, large, and extra-large. The negotiated cost through the GSA contract for a size medium vest with a single plate in the mid-1990s was US$738.
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Ranger Body Armor
Ranger Body Armor (RBA) is a US military-issue ballistic vest that was designed for, and used chiefly by, US Army 75th Ranger Regiment operators ("Rangers") in the 1990s and 2000s. The RBA system has since been replaced by other specialized body armor systems adopted by the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).
Ranger Body Armor was designed by the US Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering Center (NRDEC) in Natick, Massachusetts to meet the operational needs of the 75th Ranger Regiment. RBA was first manufactured by Protective Materials, Inc., then HS Manufacturing, and later by Ceradyne.
RBA consists of two main components: a flexible soft armor vest, plus 1-to-2 rigid ceramic plates, both of which provide ballistic protection to the upper torso.
The base vest is a nylon Woodland camouflage-printed carrier that encases flexible soft armor panels, which consist of an aramid (Kevlar KM2) filler. A size medium RBA without plates weighs approximately 8 pounds (3.6 kg). The base vest (soft armor) provides ballistic protection to Threat Level IIIA, according to the NIJ's ballistic resistance standards (formerly 'ballistic resistance of police body armor' standards), which provides protection from 9 mm and 44 Magnum threats.
The base RBA vest provides fragmentation protection almost 25% greater than that of the Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT) vest.
To be completed, an RBA vest will accept one-to-two ceramic plates (depending on model), each weighing 8 pounds (3.6 kg), which make up its rifle protection capability. The ceramic plates are made up of repeating 2 in × 2 in (51 mm × 51 mm) aluminum oxide ceramic tiles.
A size medium RBA vest loaded with one ceramic plate weighs 16 pounds (7.3 kg). A size medium RBA vest fully loaded with both ceramic plates weighs 24 pounds (11 kg).[citation needed] When plates are inserted into the pockets of the vest, it protects an area of about 10 in × 12 in (250 mm × 300 mm) from 5.56×45mm NATO and 7.62×51mm NATO rounds.
In November 1994, the RBA was set to type classification (TC) limited procurement-urgent (LPU). The RBA vest was available for purchase through the General Services Administration (GSA) contract GS-07F-6041A, from Protective Materials, Inc. The flexible soft armor vest was available in three sizes: medium, large, and extra-large. The negotiated cost through the GSA contract for a size medium vest with a single plate in the mid-1990s was US$738.
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